The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-08-05


code of commerce does not permit this,
and that even If 1t did it would be well
to consult the artists, theatres, cabinet
makers and --latest Paris fashion-makers'
whether the French shall continue to do
business with the foreigner. could
mention some big establishments, owned
by Frenchmen, who are only too glad to
get Germans to do their work, and
Americans, English and Russians, too,
buy the finished article. Business has
no fatherland.
You have, no doubt, heard through
the cable of Baron Seilliere, now confined
in private asylum as lunatic. Whether
the light of reason is quite extinct
within him or not is question. The
baron arrived but recently from America,
and had only been in Paris three days
when he was incontinently seized and
carried off to his present abode at Vauves.
A storm raised by his friends resulted in
an Interpolation in the chambers by nj.
Gaillard, deputy for Vancluse, who, as
his name implies, is very "lively" fell
low. He wanted to know, you know.
from the mouth of the minister of the in
terror how it all came about. Was not
the baron possessed of enormous wealth
likely to excite covetous desires amongst
his relations? NJ. Fallieres, minister of
the interior, read medical certificates at
testing insanity, and concluded by bring
ing in new insanity incarceration bill
abrogating that of 1888. Next morning
letter purporting to come from an
American lady appeared in GassgnanSs
Messenger, in which it was stated that
the baron's sister, the Princesse de
Sagan, had caused her brother to
be kidnapped She had already at
tempted to get her son, the Prince de
Talleyrand Perigord, placed in mad
house, but failed, and judgment of one
of the Paris tribunals obliged her to al
low him 80, 900 francs per annum. The
fair writer affirmed that the baron was
not mad, but might go mad if kept where
he was. Later on learned body of men
yclept the Medico-P Psychological Soci-
ETY., sat and reported on the question.
DR.. Motel said he visited the baron at his
aunt's residence. He was terribly ex-
cited and used his stick freely on the fur
niture and knick-knacks he cursed
everybody, declaring himself the clev-
crest man in existence, who was
about to marry a rich American
lady worth $4Oo0O0,000 in hard
cash. He intended to kill his aunt and
mother. Then came relation of the
polite way in which he was received by
the President of the republic, as also by
his holiness the Pope. The baron had
walked several thousand miles with his
mother and another lady (both dead).
DR.. Motel thought it well to order his re-
moval to the asylum kept by DR.. Falret,
at Vauves, and he was taken thither.
Seilliere had written his correct geneal-
ogy, as follows: Jupiter and Juno,
Confucius, Solomon, sc. There arises
in the desert scion called Mahomet,
from whom / am descended. / am the
grandson of Don Juan of Austria. Ma
homet had one legitimate daughter, my
grandmother, the Queen of the Vir-
tuous." DR.. Motel added that in
lucid moments the baron would thank
his attendants for Their care of him.
After this testimony timid person might
feel some apprehension if he found the
baron sitting opposite him in a train in
one of the tunnels near Monaco. But
there are certain jealous believers
amongst his friends who persist that he
is the victim of persecution. and shortly
after his arrival at DIR. Falret's institu-
tion an attempt at rescue was made. In
the dead of night carriage wheels made
crunching noise near the patients
quarters, situate in brick building near
the entrance. Several men descended,
and two made an attempt to open the
door. The appearance of the warders
alarmed them, however, and they de-
camped. Five men, armed with six
shooters, have since kept guard over the
mailman.